Advice Needed

[summergirl454]

Any feedback or advice appreciated: I am an Associate degree RN with 28 years of med-surg, critical care staff and charge experience. I injured myself and had shoulder and back surgery in 2012-13. I am now fully recovered. I live in the DFW area and looking for employment out of bedside nursing. No more lifting patients for me. I have been applying for full time work mainly from Linkedin, Indeed.com and Monster.com for CM,HH,Physicians offices, clinics, med device sales etc... After six months I have not had one interview. My resume does not state anything about my surgeries. I had a professional job coach look at my resume. She said my resume was very professional. I am completely baffled by the lack of response. What I do notice is almost every job says BSN preferred. I would think that my experience would out way the education but now I am wondering. I would like to hear from anyone who has had a similiar experience or other nurses and managers who have advice for me.

Thank you

Lori

[chevyv, BSN, RN]

After searching for a job for months, I can say that employers have so many job applicants to pick from that competition is fierce. The market around here is so saturated with RN's that most employers are going with BSN's. I am currently in a BSN completion program and my now employer asked me how many classes I had left to take. I have 4 left and they did hire me but I have a feeling if I would have said I had just started, they wouldn't have.

Keep on keepin on!

[Nurse SMS, MSN, RN]

DFW is definitely on the BSN wave, but it is more likely with your years of experience you look expensive on paper. With as long as you worked I am surprised you don't have connections to help get your foot in the door. Call on your medical field contacts. DFW can be very much about who you know. Also check Group One and make sure you aren't blacklisted. Your gap in work will hurt you right now too, as the market isn't what it used to be. It can take six months to find a new position, more if you are hoping for the coveted non-acute care M-F gig. Maybe home health?